diff --git a/libguile/fports.c b/libguile/fports.c
index 210e7922d..19511fd6e 100644
--- a/libguile/fports.c
+++ b/libguile/fports.c
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_setvbuf, "setvbuf", 2, 1, 0,
 	    "@item _IOFBF\n"
 	    "block buffered, using a newly allocated buffer of @var{size} bytes.\n"
 	    "If @var{size} is omitted, a default size will be used.\n"
-	    "@end table\n"
-	    )
+	    "@end table")
 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_setvbuf
 {
   int cmode, csize;
diff --git a/libguile/ports.h b/libguile/ports.h
index 37e5e72bb..e94b61cf5 100644
--- a/libguile/ports.h
+++ b/libguile/ports.h
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ extern void scm_ungets (const char *s, int n, SCM port);
 extern SCM scm_peek_char (SCM port);
 extern SCM scm_unread_char (SCM cobj, SCM port);
 extern SCM scm_unread_string (SCM str, SCM port);
-extern char *scm_generic_fgets (SCM port, int *len);
 extern SCM scm_seek (SCM object, SCM offset, SCM whence);
 extern SCM scm_truncate_file (SCM object, SCM length);
 extern SCM scm_port_line (SCM port);